As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
Charitable giving, done thoughtfully, is one of the most powerful tools we have for building the kind of society we want to live in. The past few weeks have felt like a genuine test of whether philanthropy means what it says. Kate Guedj, Senior Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, TBF, discusses why TBF intends to continue processing DAF grants to the SPLC.
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The ten organizations will each receive a $100,000 in general operating support to support their work on behalf of immigrants and other vulnerable communities, and to meet rising legal and other needs of immigrants.
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New investments to enhance Boston's place as a global hub for business could have a second benefit - unlocking opportunity for a broader swath of Boston residents, says TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton.
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In a new report, Opportunity Boston (formerly the Boston Opportunity Agenda) explores how Boston students are faring on metrics across the continuum from pre-K to college, and some of the partnerships that are determined to improve outcomes for Boston students.
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In his essay shared by CommonWealth Beacon, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton reflects on the reach of recent federal actions, detailing TBF's three-pronged Meeting the Moment: Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors strategy to protect, support and stand alongside the more than one million foreign-born people in our region.
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The Boston Globe provides a look behind Gov. Healey's executive order to study the feasibility of new mid‑rise residential buildings with one staircase. This change could utilize smaller underdeveloped lots nearby rapid transit stops and produce up to 130,000 units, according to a report by Boston Indicators and partners.
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MassLive reports on an executive order by Gov. Healey to explore allowing new residential buildings with a single staircase, citing a 2024 report by Boston Indicators which found that the change would unlock the potential for up to 130,000 new homes in Greater Boston alone.
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GBH highlights the inaugural AAPI Capital Summit organized by the Asian Business Empowerment Council at TBF, a first-ever event held in downtown Boston aimed at helping Asian business owners obtain access to money needed to grow their businesses.
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The ACF’s Impact Report captures the fund's path from its start in 2020 through 2025, highlighting the power of research, convening, partnerships, advocacy, narrative change and grantmaking to bring greater strength, stability, and inclusion to AAPI businesses and communities, and to uplift the many contributions AAPI people provide to the diversity and dynamism of MA.
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Produced in partnership with DAFgiving360 and Foundation Source, this 2026 report from The Philanthropic Initiative explores the conversations between clients and professional advisors, and finds areas for strengthening the philanthropic partnership.
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Following up on our 2025 survey of Massachusetts nonprofit leaders, we partnered with the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and The MassINC Polling Group to learn how orgnaizations, staff and communities were navigating the actions of the Trump Administration.
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A Boston Indicators analysis finds that Greater Boston is seeing real but modest benefits from the MBTA Communities Act, with nearly 7,000 units of new housing in the pipeline - but only a third near transit.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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